The $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby is a race coach Bob Baffert not often loses, and he’s searching for seven in a row on Saturday and 12th in 19 editions of the race since 2000.
Not many, if any, trainers have dominated a single race like Baffert, who manages to position a number of of his hopefully late-developing 3-year-olds in a successful scenario on the observe in Cypress, California.
This time, he sends out the three favorites in a subject of 5 going 1 1/8 miles – Nevada Seaside at 1-1, Varney at 5-2, and Tiz Safe at 7-2. Their challengers are It’s a Issue at 20-1 and Rank at 9-2.
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Whereas his lightly-raced trio has gained 3-of-9 races mixed, there’s nothing prior to now performances that point out It’s a Issue or Rank have an opportunity: It’s a Issue is available in with a nine-race dropping streak and has a maiden win on Aug. 22 in 13 profession begins; Rank is winless in 13 profession begins.
Nevada Seaside ran second to stablemate Gaming within the Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita on June 8 in his second profession begin, with Rank third, 2 ½ lengths behind the winner. The son of Omaha Seaside gained in his debut on April 19, overtaking pace-setting Rank within the stretch for a three-quarter size triumph.
Varney, a son of Vekoma, is available in after breaking his maiden at fourth asking, successful gate-to-wire by 5 ½ lengths going a 1 1/16 miles at Pimlico on Might 17.
Tiz Safe, a son of Most Safety, makes simply his fourth begin – final out he ran third within the slop in an elective claimer at Churchill Downs on Might 3.
Baffert’s six-in-a-row
Baffert ran 1-2 in final yr’s Los Alamitos Derby with Wynstock and Cornell. His present streak started in 2017 with West Coast, adopted by As soon as on Whiskey (2018), Sport Winner (2019), Uncle Chuck 2020), and Classier (2021). The race was not run in 2006, 2010-2012, and 2022-23.
The picks: 1 Nevada Seaside, 2 Tiz Safe, 3 Varney
The sphere for the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby, from the rail out, with jockey, coach, odds:
- It is a Issue (Armando Ayuso, Antonio Garcia), 20-1
- Tiz Safe (Drayden Van Dyke, Bob Baffert), 7-2
- Rank (Kazushi Kimura, Doug O’Neill), 9-2
- Varney (Hector Berrios, Bob Baffert), 5-2
- Nevada Seaside (Juan Hernandez, Bob Baffert), 1-1
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